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<li><a href="#part1">Expressing a lack of change</a></li>
<li><a href="#part2">Using 「まま」 to express a lack of change</a></li>
<li><a href="#part3">Using 「っぱなし」 to leave something the way it is</a></li>
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<h2 id="part1">Expressing a lack of change</h2>
Up until now, we've mostly been talking about things that have happened or changed in the course of events.  We will
now learn some simple grammar to express a <i>lack</i> of change.

<h2 id="part2">Using 「まま」 to express a lack of change</h2>
「まま」, not to be confused with the childish expression for "mother" （ママ）, is a grammatical phrase to express a lack of change
in something. Grammatically, it is used just like a regular noun. You'll most likely hear this grammar
at a convenience store when you buy a very small item. Since store clerks use super polite expressions and
at lightening fast speeds, learning this one expression will help you out a bit in advance. (Of course, upon
showing a lack of comprehension, the person usually repeats the exact same phrase... at the exact same speed.)

<h3>Examples</h3>
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（１）　<span title="この - this" class="popup">この</span><em>まま</em>で<span title="よろしい - good" class="popup">宜しい</span>ですか？
<br />- Is it ok <em>just like</em> this?
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In other words, the clerk wants to know if you'll take it just like that or whether you want it in a small bag. 「<span title="よろしい - good" class="popup">宜しい</span>」, in
case I haven't gone over it yet, is simply a very polite version of 「<span title="いい - good" class="popup">いい</span>」. Notice that 「まま」 grammatically works just like
a regular noun which means, as usual, that you can modify it with verb phrases or adjectives.
</p>
<p>（２）　<span title="はんぶん - half" class="popup">半分</span>しか<em><span title="たべる - to eat" class="popup">食べてない</span>まま</em>で<span title="すてる - to throw out" class="popup">捨てちゃ</span><span title="だめ - bad; no good" class="popup">ダメ</span>！
<br />- You can't throw it out leaving it in that half-eaten condition!
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Ok, the translation is very loose, but the idea is that it's in an unchanged state of being half-eaten and you can't just throw that out.
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Here's a good example I found googling around. It is chock full of grammar which are explained <a href="amount.html#part2">here</a>,
<a href="causepass.html#part2">here</a>, and <a href="desire.html#part3">here</a>.
<br />Hint: The 「<span title="いる - to exist (animate)" class="popup">いさせる</span>」 is the causative form of 「<span title="いる - to exist (animate)" class="popup">いる</span>」 meaning "let/make me exist".
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（３）　<span title="きょう - today" class="popup">今日</span>だけは<em><span title="かなしい - sad" class="popup">悲しい</span>まま</em>で<span title="いる - to exist (animate)" class="popup">いさせて</span><span title="ほしい - want" class="popup">ほしい</span>。
<br />- For only today, I want you to let me stay in this sad condition.
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<p>Finally, just in case, here's an example of direct noun modification.
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（４）　<span title="その - that" class="popup">その</span><em><span title="かっこう - appearance" class="popup">格好</span>のまま</em>で<span title="クラブ - club" class="popup">クラブ</span>に<span title="はいる - to enter" class="popup">入れない</span>よ。
<br />- You can't get in the club in that getup (without changing it).
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<h2 id="part3">Using 「っぱなし」 to leave something the way it is</h2>
The verb 「<span title="はなす - to set loose" class="popup">放す</span>」 meaning "to set loose", can be used in various ways in regards to leaving something the way it is.
For instance, a variation  「<span title="ほっとく - to leave alone" class="popup">放っとく</span>」 is used when you want to say "Leave me alone". For instance, you might use the command form of
a request （<span title="くれる - to give" class="popup">くれる</span>） and say, 「<span title="ほっとく - to leave alone" class="popup">ほっといて</span><span title="くれる - to give" class="popup">くれ</span>！」(Leave me alone!). Yet another variant 「<span title="ほったらかす - to neglect" class="popup">ほったらかす</span>」 means "to neglect".

<p>The grammar I would like to discuss here is the 「っぱなし」 suffix variant. You can attach this suffix to the stem of any verb to describe the act of doing something and
leaving it that way without changing it. You can treat the combination like a regular noun.
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<p>As usual, you can click the [EX] link after
looking up the word at the <a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html">WWWJDIC</a> to see examples. In fact, here's a direct link to
<a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1Q%A4%C3%A4%D1%A4%CA%A4%B7_1_">examples of this grammar</a>.
As you can see by the examples, this suffix carries a nuance that the thing left alone is due to oversight or neglect.
Here are the (simple) conjugation rules for this grammar.
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<span class="summary">Using 「っぱなし」 to complete an action and leave it that way</span>
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<li>Take the <a href="polite.html#part2">stem</a> of the verb and attach 「っぱなし」.</li>
<li>例）　<span title="あける - to open" class="popup">開け<em><strike>る</strike></em></span> → <span title="あける - to open" class="popup">開け</span><em>っぱなし</em></li>
<li>例）　<span title="かく - to write" class="popup">書<em><strike>く</strike></em></span> → <span title="かく - to write" class="popup">書<em>き</em></span> → <span title="かく - to write" class="popup">書き</span><em>っぱなし</em></li>
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 <h3>Examples</h3>
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 （１）　<span title="テレビ - television" class="popup">テレビ</span>を<em><span title="つける - to attach; to turn on" class="popup">付け</span>っぱなし</em>に<span title="する - to do" class="popup">しなければ</span><span title="ねむれる - to fall sleep" class="popup">眠れない</span><span title="ひと - person" class="popup">人</span>は、<span title="けっこう - fairly" class="popup">結構</span><span title="いる - to exist (animate)" class="popup">いる</span>。
 <br />- There exists a fair number of people who cannot sleep unless they turn on the TV and leave it that way.
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 （２）　<span title="まど - window" class="popup">窓</span>が<em><span title="あける - to open" class="popup">開け</span>っ放し</em>だったので、<span title="か - mosquito" class="popup">蚊</span>が<span title="いっぱい - a lot; full" class="popup">いっぱい</span><span title="はいる - to enter" class="popup">入った</span>。
 <br />- The window was left wide open so a lot of mosquitoes got in.
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